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#188 in subgenre today Peak #3
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Peak #33
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John Newton/traditional
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September 21, 2019
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MP3 2.1 MB, 128 kbps, 2:18
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Amazing Grace GenreHymn Written1779 TextJohn Newton Meter8.6.8.6 (Common metre) MelodyNew Britain "Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written in 1772 by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807). Newton wrote the words from personal experience. He grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by others' reactions to what they took as his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed (conscripted) into service in the Royal Navy. After leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy. This moment marked his spiritual conversion but he continued slave trading until 1754 or 1755, when he ended his seafaring altogether. He began studying Christian theology.
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